Plate Tectonic

Fossils can only be dinosaur bones. 

• Yes, only dinosaurs made fossils. 
• No, fossils can also be leaves, footprints, wood, shells and more. 
• No, fossils can also be big rocks that break up into smaller rocks. 

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When a fossil of an animal is found on almost all continents, then it supports

• the idea of a traveling animal

• the idea of a connected original continent

• the idea of a flying animal

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Fossils can also give evidence for a Pangaea theory

• True

• False

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What evidence of Wegener's Theory is shown in the remains of organisms that lived long time ago?

• embryology

• continental drift

• seafloor spreading

• fossils

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One piece of evidence for Plate Tectonics is that--

• some continents appear to fit together like a puzzle.

• we have video footage of the plates actually moving.

• all continents have formed from volcanic eruptions.

• the continents are no longer moving.

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Fossil records indicate that the continents were once connected. How do fossil records support this claim?

• We have been able to transport the same types of fossils from one continent to another.

• Fossils of the same organism that are chemically and physically similar have been found on continents that are now separated by oceans.

• Some continents contain fossils of many different types of organisms.

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How does absolute age differ from relative age?

• only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another
• only absolute dating finds the age in years
• only relative dating finds the age in years

The best index fossils have which two traits?

• widespread geographically, long lifespan
• widespread geographically, short lifespan
• specific place, long lifespan
• specific place, short lifespan

This is a picture of glacier scars found in Africa.  What are these evidence for?

• Africa has always been near the equator
• Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate
• The continents have not moved
• sea floor spreading

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Preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.

• vertebrate
• carbon film
• invertebrate
• fossil

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